Hey folks,
Sorry to revisit a tired topic, but I just picked up a 15" rMBP from best buy. It was an open box base model with no packaging, just the machine and cord (incidentally they gave me the previous generation power cable, so I need to at least go back and get that remedied.)
The price was $1950 which isn't bad, but I'm a college student and could get a new one from Apple for 1999, or even better, a refurb for 1869 when they come back in stock. Having said that, I wanted it now so I bought it.
After realizing I couldn't charge it and would have to go back and deal with them, I decided to see what panel I had and do the some image retention testing. I discovered that it's an LG panel and did the checkerboard test. It came back with some fairly substantial ghosting, and after that test, I closed my browser and noticed that it burned in the outline of it as well. Now, it's not a HUGE deal, and had I not got into the testing, I probably wouldn't have even noticed it. But since it's sort of a shady open box deal and I have to go back there anyway, I'm considering just returning it and ordering another from Apple.com.
I'm just wondering if some of you who've had ghosting issues have any long term updates to report. Has it gotten worse? Is my initial ghosting an ominous precursor of bad things to come? Should I just keep it and not deal with all the BS of returning/reordering?
Thanks
Sorry to revisit a tired topic, but I just picked up a 15" rMBP from best buy. It was an open box base model with no packaging, just the machine and cord (incidentally they gave me the previous generation power cable, so I need to at least go back and get that remedied.)
The price was $1950 which isn't bad, but I'm a college student and could get a new one from Apple for 1999, or even better, a refurb for 1869 when they come back in stock. Having said that, I wanted it now so I bought it.
After realizing I couldn't charge it and would have to go back and deal with them, I decided to see what panel I had and do the some image retention testing. I discovered that it's an LG panel and did the checkerboard test. It came back with some fairly substantial ghosting, and after that test, I closed my browser and noticed that it burned in the outline of it as well. Now, it's not a HUGE deal, and had I not got into the testing, I probably wouldn't have even noticed it. But since it's sort of a shady open box deal and I have to go back there anyway, I'm considering just returning it and ordering another from Apple.com.
I'm just wondering if some of you who've had ghosting issues have any long term updates to report. Has it gotten worse? Is my initial ghosting an ominous precursor of bad things to come? Should I just keep it and not deal with all the BS of returning/reordering?
Thanks